Shang Shang Typhoon [Import]

1. Theme Of Shang Shang Typhoon

2. As Time Goes By

3. Ocean Road

4. It's All Right, Buddha Smile

5. Let's Dance

6. Sailing

7. Dancing Cha Cha Cha With Bitter Tea

8. Spring Wind Across The River

9. Hi Hi Hi

10. Ending Theme

Shang Shang Typhoon,Shang Shang Typhoon,Sony,World Music

Average customer rating: BEFORE BOSSA NOVA Not only musicly great but also a historic recording After 55 years I'm still dazzled by this album

Brazilliance, Vol. 1 Laurindo Almeida with Bud Shank Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Brazilliance, Vol. 2 Brazilian Soul Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida Best Of Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova All-Stars Duets with Spanish Guitar ASIN: B000005HH3 Release Date: 1991-05-07

Tracks:

1. Atabaque
2. Amor Flamengo
3. Stairway To The Stars
4. Acertate Mas
5. Terra Seca
6. Speak Low
7. Speak Low (Alternate Take)
8. Inquietacao
9. Baa-Too-Kee
10. Carinoso
11. Tocata
12. Hazardous
13. Nono
14. Noctambulism
15. Blue Baiao

Customer Reviews:

BEFORE BOSSA NOVA.......2006-10-06

BEFORE THERE WAS JOBIM, GILBERTO, OR GETZ, THERE WAS THIS MUSIC, WHICH WOULD LATER BE COINED BOSSA NOVA MUSIC. RECORDED IN 1953, THIS RECORDING WAS AT LEAST TEN YEARS AHEAD OF ITS' TIME. GREAT ALBUM, IF YOU LIKE THIS YOU HAVE TO GET VOLUME TWO AS WELL.

Not only musicly great but also a historic recording.......2005-01-07

As the other reviewer says, this is an awesome recording. Whats worth noting also is that this is also probably the first bossa nova recording ever done (or at least a recording of brasilian songs that most closely match bossa nova and what it will be). These were recorded long before (7 years or so) Jobim and Joa gilberto recorded and 10 years before the great getz/gilberto recording wich started the bossa nova craze. Truly great for bossa nova or brazil music collectors.

After 55 years I'm still dazzled by this album.......2000-09-27

My very first Bossa Nova album, I bought this while in high school on 10-inch LPs. Effervescent, light, joyous, romantic -- everything you dream Rio de Janeiro could be. It's more of a precursor to the Antonio Carlos Jobim Bossa Nova explosion a few years later. But Bud Shank and Laurindo Almeida picked up on the potential for fusing jazz and the samba early on. I'm not a musician, but I know this album is pure genius. The soft sax and vibrant guitar will dazzle you. The interwoven rhythms of sax, guitar and drums go on and on. My favorite track is "Stairway to the Stars." Still gets me dreaming. They tried to follow up with a second album -- Braziliance II -- but it never achieved that spark of divine fire the first one did.

Average customer rating: Inspired musicianship!

On the Wild Side John La Barbera Big Band Manufacturer: Jazz Compass ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fantazm The Bill Holman Band Live Menza Lines Kindred Spirits Live at MCG ASIN: B0001BS4S8 Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

1. Mayreh
2. So What
3. Tiger Of San Pedro
4. Message From Art
5. Walk On The Wild Side Suite
6. Cachaca Gotcha
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. Cloth Of Silver - Threads Of Blue
9. Highland Crossing

Customer Reviews:

Inspired musicianship!.......2004-11-22

I had heard La Barbera's work before -- he was the principal arranger for the Buddy Rich Band for over 15 years and contributed to arrangements by a host of other leaders such as Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Tormé, Harry James, Glenn Miller, and Doc Severinsen - but this is the first CD I've found under his own name. With kudos on the back of the CD from the likes of Elmer Bernstein (composer of the title track) and Horace Silver, I knew before listening that this recording would become a solid staple of my big band library... and it has lived up to that promise. Crisp, bright, and solid arrangements swing from the first cut. The tracks move from rich symphonic fullness to dynamic smaller ensembles - embracing a full palette of colors - and the musicianship is top flight with folks like Bill Cunliffe on Keyboards, Clay Jenkins on trumpet, Pat La Barbera and Bob Shepard on tenor, and Joe La Barbera on drums. Horace Silver wrote: "Good arrangements -- good band -- good performance." I couldn't agree more!

Average customer rating: A classic collection reborn Remembering George Harrison Memorial Concert Ravi Shankar's Improvisations: Timeless Despite Its Age Great

Improvisations Ravi Shankar , Paul Horn , and Bud Shank Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Three Ragas Ragas & Talas A Morning Raga/An Evening Raga India's Master Musician At the Monterey International Pop Festival ASIN: B00000ID4F Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. Improvisations On The Theme Music From Pather Panchali
2. Fire Night
3. Karnataki
4. Raga Rageshri: Part 1 (Alap)
5. Raga Rageshri: Part 2 (Jor)
6. Raga Rageshri: Part 3 (Gat)

Customer Reviews:

A classic collection reborn.......2007-04-12

I still have my worn copy of the original (1962) LP of this collection; the CD is it's equal in all respects for sound quality and liner notes. The collection is remarkable for combining the talents of Shankar with the flute artistry of Bud Shank in the improvisation on the themes of the Pather Panchali film score, resulting in a beautiful and emotionally moving fusion. The equally fusion 'Fire Night' jam session brings together the fires in LA valley, that happened during the recording session, with the dance of Shiva the Destroyer in a rather spookily merry piece.
The remaining two traditional pieces are a bonus, showing Shankar's talent at his peak.
A must-have collection at a bargain price!

Remembering George Harrison Memorial Concert.......2007-01-21

I bought this product in hopes of hearing a version of music similar to a combined presentation that Mr. Ravi Shankar and his Daughter conducted. They worked well together and the music was very enjoyable. In the subject presentation, Ravi Shakar's Daughter played her Satir in combination with another artist. Again enjoyable. This work (Improvisations)must be for the true Raga Music Lovers. The evaluation of an Amazon Customer swayed me into buying this product. I have had a difficult time being able to listen to it. It is not of the same type of use of the Sitar as the Beattles used it. I am told that Mr. Shakar gave a less than kind evaluation of the Beattles use of this instrument. If you are like me you will have to develope an ear and a liking for this original works.

Ravi Shankar's Improvisations: Timeless Despite Its Age.......2001-01-22

Shankar's Improvisations puts tradition alongside fusion, East next to West. Recorded about 35 years ago, the album still sounds fresh. It opens with a sitar/flute call-and-answer, leaps into an electric guitar-supported jazz piece, moves to a short and quick sitar showcase, and wraps up with a 20-minute traditional raga. From the very first note, the raga proves exceptionally evocative. The entire album is well-suited to Western tastes, featuring Shankar at his best both as a composer and as a virtuoso.

Great.......2000-07-07

Pandit Ravi Sankar is welknown for his Sitar but this album is really nice and its very relaxing and real classical.

Average customer rating: Great Recordings with a twist Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave Class Act

CBS Dinner Classics: Cocktail Party Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dinner Classics: The Sunday Brunch Album Dinner Classics: The Italian Album CBS Dinner Classics: Romance Dinner Classics: The French Album CBS Dinner Classics: Sunday Brunch, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00000277L Release Date: 1991-01-09

Tracks:

1. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Baroque And Blue
2. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1: Sentimentale
3. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime
4. Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Baroque In Rhythm
5. Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio: Africaine
6. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No.2 : Jazzy
7. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Mystique
8. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Canon
9. Picnic Suite: Picnic Suite: Tendre
10. Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 2: Amoureuse
11. Toot Suite: Toot Suite: Rag-Polka
12. California Suite: California Suite: Black Folks

Customer Reviews:

Great Recordings with a twist.......2006-08-03

This CD is full of jazz in spite of the fact that I have associated most of the performers with classical music. This shows the diversity in their ability to perform a wide array of music that I never heard in the past from them.

If you like jazz without too much dissonance, this is a great CD to purchase. The interesting and awkward rhythms are the best parts of this CD.

You can have your own party just from listening to this music.

Bolling holds a swinging party & I won't leave.......2001-04-29

I had this CD around and was going to put it up for sale via Amazon Marketplace. I listen to other Bolling CDs. But, somehow I had "missed" the jivvy jazz in this recording.

As the sounds of "Baroque and Blue," 5:15, Track 1 started playing, the thoughts of selling the CD disappeared.

Bolling plays the piano superbly and Maurice Andre's trumpet radiates pure jazz notes. This is a clasical jazz CD. The 12 tracks tie together like movements of a symphony and there is a bewitching common theme, best heard in track 7 "Mystique." After Andre and Bolling swing in #7, track 8 "Canon," emerges with Jean Pierre Rampal's flute, golden. Guy Pedersen's string bass is crisp and Daniel Humair plays the drums with unhearlded pizzaz. And, how can one overlook the strumming of guitarist Alexandre Lagoya?

This is one of the best jazz or instrumental CDs I have ever heard. I normally listen while writing and use the sounds as background music. Lagoya's contribution to #9, Tendre, matching Rampal's clarity is mystical. So, I am enjoying each note and marveling at the classical synergy displayed.

The cover notes cite "recipes from Martha Stewart's "Entertaining" and her other best-selling books on food and lifestyle." Sure enough, Martha has a menu: 1. Cocktails & Sparkling Water...the CD's sounds sparkle. 2. Crudites with Anchovy Mayonnaise, complete with the recipe. 3. Chicken on Skewers, also including what to use & how. 4. Prosciutto and Figs: Anyone can lay this dish out. 5. Cornmeal-Fried Oysters: The recipe is for 2 dozen.

So, a person can buy this album (just) to get great recipes for dishes to accompany superb jazz. The recipes are simple to follow and delicious to read. One can buy the CD for the delightful cocktails that Bolling presents. But here "one = two." Or, to put this in other words "With two you get eggroll." The eggroll is the delightful dish one savors listening to the music while nibbling on the chicken & oysters. Magnifique!

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Class Act.......2000-11-19

Very entertaining, classy music that I can listen to anytime, best of all with friends and suitably classy nosh!

Average customer rating: magnifico Soft and excellent...

Brazilliance, Vol. 2 Laurindo Almeida with Bud Shank Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Brazilliance, Vol. 1 Brazilian Soul Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida Best Of Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova All-Stars Duets with Spanish Guitar ASIN: B000005HGR Release Date: 1991-05-07

Tracks:

1. Simpatico
2. Rio Rhapsody
3. Nocturno
4. Little Girl Blue
5. Choro In A
6. Mood Antigua
7. The Color Of Her Hair
8. Loneyly
9. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
10. Carioca Hills
11. Harlem Samba
12. North Of The Border
13. Sunset Baion
14. 'Round Midnight
15. Toro Dance
16. Serenade For Alto
17. Xana-Lyn
18. Blowing Wild
19. Gershwin Prelude
20. Waltz Frio Y Calor

Customer Reviews:

magnifico.......2007-04-19

this two part album is indeed a prelude of better things to come: bossa nova came to existence a few years later, from this magificent album one can almost hear Jobim and it is not a stretch to say that he (Jobim) is the intellectual heir of Almeida and Bud Shank. A must posession for all samba and bossa nova fans out there.

Soft and excellent..........2005-10-24

When you want to catch positive side of the life, you may listen to this albume.

Average customer rating: Abbey Lincoln as only Kendra Shank could cover her The Underrrated Extolling the Underrated

A Spirit Free: Abbey Lincoln Songbook Kendra Shank Manufacturer: Challenge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: On the Other Side Wish Nightmoves Reflections Pilgrimage ASIN: B000MEWOX0 Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

1. The Music Is The Magic
2. I Got Thunder (And It Rings)
3. Not To Worry
4. Down Here Below
5. A Cirlce Of Love
6. Incantation/Throw It Away
7. Bird Alone
8. The World Is Falling Down
9. Wholly Earth
10. Natas (A/K/A Playmate)
11. Being Me

Album Description

"Shank is supremely talented, innovative and at the same time readily accessible ... there's no one else quite like her." -- VILLAGE VOICE

"A striking presence ... her musicianship is powerful." -- WALL STREET JOURNAL

"A superbly skilled vocalist, Ms. Shank interprets jazz and pop liberally, but with an abiding respect for melody." -- NEW YORK TIMES

"Shank's delectable voice--warm-toned, fine-grained, quietly sexy--sets her well apart from the crowd." -- TIME

"Shank sounds like sunlight shining through a stained-glass window, her crystalline tone illuminating each song. ... she's definitely an original." -- JAZZTIMES

First authorized album ever by another singer devoted to the songbook of legendary jazz singer-songwriter Abbey Lincoln. Kendra Shank is one of today's most gifted and appreciated jazz singers. Her three previous CDs charted on jazz radio and received accolades in Time, L.A. Times, Village Voice, Down Beat, JazzTimes, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, with Top 10 of the Year awards in Boston Globe, Newsday, and Jazziz. Shank makes these songs her own, with creative arrangements that combine folk, country, and world music influences within the jazz context. It will appeal to both vocal and instrumental fans. Liner notes by award-winning author Gary Giddins.

Customer Reviews:

Abbey Lincoln as only Kendra Shank could cover her.......2007-04-10

A wonderful new cd by a brilliant vocalist who deserves much more notice. Surrounded by some of this country's finest musicians Kendra Shank pays tribute to mentor Abby Lincoln: and she does Abby as only Kendra could. Kendra's vocal range is amazing, her phrasing impeccable, she has produced a cd worthy of many listenings. Each time you put it on you'll hear something new. This isn't easy background music - this is the stuff you put on, stop for a few minutes and just get lost in the music. I highly recommend this CD.

The Underrrated Extolling the Underrated.......2007-03-08

Amongst the great old-time jazz singers, probably none is more underrated than the great Abbey Lincoln. Unsurprisingly, this is the first Abbey Lincoln tribute album ever. How fitting that the bearer of that tribute is Kendra Shank, one of the most underrated singers on the scene today and one who calls Ms. Lincoln a Mentor.

In his liner notes, Gary Giddins predicts that this won't be the last Abbey Lincoln tribute album, but will be the standard by which future ones will be measured. I don't disagree, but I'd put it this way: this album is to Abbey Lincoln like Carmen McRae's "Sings 'Lover Man' and Other Songs of Billie Holiday" is to Lady Day. Both are albums which match up very favorably to the best albums of the tributee--and that's saying one hell of a lot.

What makes this album, consisting of difficult yet accessible, heavily African-influenced, music so good is the musicianship of the 7 musicians. Check out the raw emotion on "The World Is Falling Down", a 9-11 memorial, for example, or the sensitive interplay among the musicians on "Down Here Below." "World" just chokes me up, every time I hear it.

Kendra Shank sounds great, to be sure. She has a clarion, bell-ringing timbre to her voice; but rarely has a singer sounded more musical than here. Her intonation (for the most part), her diction, her phrasing, her emotion, her breath control (check out her last notes on "I Got Thunder" and "Being Me"--wow!!) and her sound are just spot on, consistently. Whether the rhythms are tricky ("I Got Thunder" or "The Music is the Magic") or the chord changes are difficult ("Bird Alone"), she knocks it all out like nothing could be easier. She is not merely a "singer with the band"; she is a musician.

And what musicians she has to play with! Her usual quartet with Frank Kimbrough (p.--one of the finest in the business), Dean Johnson (bs--probably the most-featured non-singing musician here, if there is one) and Tony Moreno (drums) are joined by Ben Monder (g.--also one of the finest around), Billy Drewes (saxes and bass clarinet), and Gary Versace (acc.--including a very charming duet with Ms. Shank, "Natas"). The musicianship of these 7 is stunning. Let me give you but two examples:

Ben Monder is capable of blowing anybody off the bandstand with his playing. But on "The Music Is the Magic", he plays his intricate, note-filled lines so softly that you have to listen carefully to hear him. Like the others, he is going for the gestalt, which is an African sound. The idea is to sublimate the ego and let the sound enhance what everyone else is doing. He does so.

And on "Throw It Away", Kimbrough dampens the strings on his piano so that the instrument sounds like a marimba--because the sound of a marimba better works with the sound the musicians are trying to create for this song than the sound of a piano. But then he plays the piano like Bobby Hutcherson or David Samuels, for example, might play the marimba. Again, the idea is to sublimate the ego and go for the gestalt.

The only thing that bothers me about this exquisite album has nothing to do with the album itself. These musicians recorded this album in early January of 2005. Kendra Shank co-produced it, and I suspect shopped it to a whole bunch of labels, not having the resources to distribute it herself, before the tiny label of "Challenge Records" bit in 2006. And even then, Challenge didn't release it until about 3 weeks ago.

It makes you wonder: how many other "unreleasable gems" like this are out there? This is true art; and if the public at large never gets the opportunity to hear it, where does that leave us as a society? I guess I should just count our blessings that this got released at all. It is truly Grammy-worthy material. RC

Average customer rating:

Jazz at Cal-Tech Bud Shank Manufacturer: Pacific Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000O78YMK Release Date: 2007-06-04

Tracks:

1. When Lights Are Low
2. Old Devil Moon
3. Nearness of You
4. How Long Has This Been Going On?
5. Tea for Two
6. Lullaby of Birdland
7. Somebody Loves Me
8. Moonlight in Vermont
9. King

Average customer rating: Five Stars For Bud

Taking the Long Way Home Bud Shank Big Band Manufacturer: Jazzed Media ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Unheard Herd Kindred Spirits Plays Well With Others Menza Lines Fantazm ASIN: B000FOPPVA Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

1. Rosebud
2. Waltz For Debby
3. Greasiness Is Happening
4. Night & Day
5. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
6. The Starduster
7. Limes Away
8. Taking The Long Way Home

Product Description

Alto sax legend Bud Shank’s first big band release features exciting arrangements from Bob Cooper, Manny Albam, Mike Barone, and Bob Florence. This is the first Bud Shank Big Band album in Bud’s 60+ year career. Bud is joined by many jazz greats including Carl Saunders, Roger Ingram, Ron Stout, Andy Martin, Lanny Morgan, Jack Nimitz, Christian Jacob, and special guest Bob Florence.

“This new disc at hand features Bud’s dynamic big band—the very first big band recording he has been positioned in as leader. “I really had fun with it. At my age now, to have that materialize for the first time is a genuine thrill,” reveals Bud. “I think most musicians dream of having a big band. Despite growing up in the big swing band era, it just never happened to me. After playing with the Barnet and Kenton bands, I went straight to the Lighthouse All-Stars and from then on it was small groups. Furthermore, as I’m a composer and not an arranger-writer, I never had the desire to have my own band for the purpose of hearing my writing.”

The element of swing has long been key in Bud’s embodiment of musical values. In regard to the tunes, it’s not surprising he articulated firmly: “I definitely wanted swingin’ things as much as possible.” The charts were primed for swingfeel, indeed. In front of the band, Bud communicated a disposition of kinetic excitement. He was pumped up eager to swing!

The band was shored with some of L.A.’s best corps of players. It was outrageous in its profusion of excellence from the steaming rhythm section of Christian Jacob, Joel Hamilton and Kevin Kanner to the blazing horns. Throughout the high caliber performance, the heartfelt emotion and joie de vivre of the event was a perceptible ingredient. As Lanny Morgan has predicted: “I think Bud Shank fans will be thrilled. It’s a tremendous effort!”

Dr. Herb Wong
Past-President, IAJE
Alumnus, KJAZ Radio, San Francisco

Customer Reviews:

Five Stars For Bud .......2006-06-17

Alto saxophonist/flautist Bud Shank is one of the top musicians in jazz, and has continued to develop a personal sound throughout his six decade career. One does not usually associate Shank with big bands, but he was a key member of Stan Kenton's Innovations Orchestra in the `50's and Kenton's L.A. Neophonic Orchestra in the `60's. So it was logical for Bud to lead a specially assembled big band at the L.A. Jazz's Institute's 40th Anniversary celebration of the Neophonic Orchestra in 2005. And it was equally logical for Graham Carter of Jazzed Media to record this concert, as he has at several other Ken Poston produced events.

The recorded results of this collaboration are heard on "Taking the Long Way Home", and they are superb. The band plays the challenging charts remarkably well considering the limited rehearsal time. The charts are generally of the bright and swinging variety, though we also get a medium slow blues -"Greasiness is Happening" - by Bob Cooper and a beautiful ballad by Mike Barone - "Starduster"- a tribute to Artie Shaw, which proves to be one of the memorable highlights of the CD. Barone also contributed the strong opener "Rosebud", plus the uptempo swinger "Lines Away". Bob Cooper arranged Shank's favored "Waltz for Debby"; Manny Albam the swinging "Night and Day"; and Shank the inventive "Night Has a Thousand Eyes." Tenor saxophonist Doug Webb shares solo space with Shank on the latter chart and Carl Saunders has solo space on "Limes Away."

But the main soloist is Shank who plays alto throughout and is in superlative form. He plays with incredible depth and swing on every track, and often with the vigor of a man much younger (Bud was 78 or 79 at the time of this recording). In fact, he often sounds like a man rediscovering his youth, such is the joy of his improvisations and his spoken parts. Bud also weaves his way impressively through the typically challenging and multi-faceted title piece by Bob Florence (who plays piano and conducts on this track). This 18 minute chart was commissioned by Bud's wife Linda in honor of Bud's 75th birthday. It is a major concert work which can be played only by the best musicians and handled by a major soloist like Shank. Indeed, it reminds one of the music which was written for the original Neophonic Orchestra. The applause which marks the end of this chart (and the concert) seems to include an equal amount of awe and joyous appreciation. With his performance on this CD, Bud Shank reaffirms his ranking with Phil Woods as one of the top two altoists in jazz today.

This well-recorded and highly recommended 68 minute CD invites and rewards repeated hearings. It is a great triumph for Bud Shank and another winner in the Jazzed Media catalogue. "Taking the Long Way Home" is the best CD I have heard so far in 2006.

Average customer rating: Brilliant Use of the Jazz Idiom Classic Score on CD at Last it's the original Blistering jazz soundtrack classic; dodgy recording

The Man with the Golden Arm Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959 Film) The Music from Peter Gunn (1958-1961 TV Series) West Coast Jazz Peter Gunn Touch Of Evil: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B00005NI7M Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

1. Clark Street: The Top/Homecoming/Antek's - Elmer Bernstein, Pete Candoli
2. Zosh
3. Frankie Machine - Elmer Bernstein, Shorty Rogers
4. Fix
5. Molly
6. Breakup: Flight/Louie's/Burlesque
7. Sunday Morning
8. Desperation
9. Audition - Milt Bernhart, Elmer Bernstein, Shelly Manne, Shorty Rogers
10. Cure: Withdraw/Cold/Morning
11. Finale

Album Description

Reissue of the classic Bernstein soundtrack which is acknowledged as one of the most tense an intense motion pictures ever made. The score was groundbreaking in it's day, reflecting the tightness of the film with it's palpitating, sometimes sinister jazz and symphonic arrangements. The jazz sequences are arranged and played by Shorty Rogers and His Giants with Shelley Manne. 2001.

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Use of the Jazz Idiom.......2006-08-28

The 1955 movie THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM is about a former heroin addict, Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra), who is released from jail and rehab with high hopes for a future as a jazz drummer but is quickly sucked back into his old, self-destructive lifestyle. It is only when his old associates - including his clinging, deceitful wife, "Zosh" (Eleanor Parker) - are destroyed that Frankie, with the help of his true love, Molly (Kim Novak), can finally kick the drug habit for good and start to become the person he was meant to be. For this movie, Elmer Bernstein composed perhaps the most brilliant jazz score of any during the 1950's (and there were many great ones then, including SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS by Bernstein and ANATOMY OF A MURDER by Duke Ellington). The drum - Frankie's own instrument - provides the rhythmic basis of the score. In the film's opening its beat is alternately steady and agitated, just like Frankie's life; meanwhile, the brass screams and whirls out of control, mirroring Frankie's desperation as he runs off in search of one "last" fix. Appropriately, this is for the most part a very hard-edged, even brutal jazz score, reminiscent at times of Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein (his score for the film ON THE WATERFRONT), and Richard Rodgers' ballet SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE. Yet the melodramatic "Zosh" music helps characterize Frankie's wife as a self-dramatizing emotional cripple; a serene, even bucolic, Copland-esque sound is present, too (in the tracks "Molly" and "Morning," for instance), communicating Frankie's desire for peace of mind and a brighter future, and foreshadowing the movie's hopeful ending.

Classic Score on CD at Last.......2004-05-15

Finally! An affordable CD reissue of one of the great jazz film scores! The reviewer who criticized the sound quality apparently didn't have to live with Decca's fake stereo lp version for twenty years, or spend years trying to track down a mint copy of the original lp, or he would realize that THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE REMASTERING on this disc. It accurately captures the studio sound as recorded in glorious mono in 1955. If your're a Bernstein fan, don't hesitate to add this to your collection.

it's the original.......2003-02-20

I can understand one reviewer's opinion of this cd, if they are too young to have ever owned the original Lp. The quality IS top notch and it does NOT need remastering. If it sounds a little "stodgy" it's only because of the recording practices of the day, which happened in very dry studios. This is pre-Star Wars. It also helps to be familiar with the movie and the story. The dry sound actually enhances the reality of the plot.
I WOULD like to see Bernstein do a new recording, with a top notch symphony orchestra playing in a large hall, like he recently did with "To Kill a Mockingbird", but as far as this original sound track is concerned, this is the same as the original Lp, perhaps even cleaner. IT'S A WINNER!

Blistering jazz soundtrack classic; dodgy recording.......2002-05-08

I looked everywhere for this CD.

Would have given it five out of five if it wasn't for the terrible recording quality - badly in need of a remastering. And this is a 2001 reissue! Very bright sound and at the very beginning sounds like a mangled cassette tape. Bad pressing? Who knows.

The content is amazing, though. Intense... and the Frankie Machine theme is unforgettable.

Average customer rating:

Live at the Haig Bud Shank Manufacturer: Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B00005RT87 Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

1. I Heard You Cried Last Night
2. Lover Man
3. Ambassador Blues
4. How About You?
5. Out of This World
6. Miles Sign-Off

Album Description

One of the first jazz recordings made in stereo, this pulsating set took place at the legendary Haig Club in Los Angeles, the focal point of the new modern jazz sounds nurturing in the city in the early mid-1950s. Choice. 2006.

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